Chief of Staff, Shellworks
£45-60k
Salary depending on experience + Equity
4+ days a week in office
Sustainable packaging alternatives
Job no longer available
Sustainable packaging alternatives
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
£45-60k
Salary depending on experience + Equity
4+ days a week in office
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make plastic waste a thing of the past.
Role
Who you are
- 3-4 years of experience in investment banking or consulting, accustomed to learning quickly, working diligently, and thinking analytically
- Educational background in STEM preferred
- Proactive mindset with a strong bias to action and creative problem-solving skills
- Results-driven, highly reliable, and eager to invent and streamline current processes and practices
- Ability to operate effectively with high degrees of ambiguity and uncertainty, and to execute tasks against tight timelines
- Passion for combating the plastic pollution crisis
What the job involves
- As Chief of Staff, you will work directly alongside our visionary CEO and Chief Product Officer, gaining unparalleled insights into building a business from scratch, solving complex problems, and achieving ambitious goals
- The Chief of Staff role at Shellworks is diverse, spanning finance, business development, people, communications, and legal
- You will collaborate with an incredibly multidisciplinary team and have the freedom to shape initiatives that push our mission forward
- Finance operations: Develop and execute our business model. Explore non-dilutive funding options such as grants, loans, and R&D tax credits
- Collaborate with accountants and investors on quarterly reporting requirements, including board meetings, investor updates, and fundraising documentation
- Business development: Expand Shellworks’ impact through identifying and partnering with industry innovators who are eager to adopt our groundbreaking technology
- People operations: Partner with the founders to build and maintain a world-class team. Implement and manage company OKRs, all-hands meetings, feedback, and pulse surveys. Engage with and leverage Shellworks’ incredible advisors
- Communications: Craft and disseminate communications highlighting our work and impact to build an engaged audience. Work with the founders to manage their LinkedIn and social media platforms, spreading our vision and cultivating a community around our mission
- Legal: Support on commercial contracts, NDAs, and other legal documentation, ensuring compliance and safeguarding the company's interests
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Single-use plastic has become an overwhelming environmental problem. Hundreds of millions of metric tonnes of plastic are produced every year, and the vast majority of this is not recycled. Shellworks is setting out to provide a solution by using bacteria found in soil and marine environments to create alternative compostable vegan packaging, which performs like plastic until it is disposed of.
The company is currently focused on addressing the beauty and personal care industry. It's new material, Vivomer, can be broken down in any natural environment and can be used for products like cream containers, lipstick applicators, and serum dispensers. This has attracted conscious and luxury brands, including BYBI, Liha, and Sana Jardin.
Having raised fresh backing in 2024 from Sie Ventures, Shellworks is focused on expanding its teams, as well as investing in tech innovation and expanding its platform of materials.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Mar 2026
$15m
SERIES A
May 2022
$6.8m
SEED
Total funding: $23.9m
Company benefits
- 🌴 21 days holiday + birthday off + 27-31st December, in addition to all statutory and public holidays
- 📚 Opportunities for growth and development as we expand and scale our impact
- 🥼Access to a fully kitted out on-site lab (incubators, autoclaves, bioreactors, etc.) and pilot line workshop (machine tools, injection moulder, extruders, blow moulders, etc.)
- 👍 Competitive salary and equity options
- 🎉 Regular social events and fully stocked office kitchen
- 🐚 Part of a tightly knit team aiming to make a meaningful social impact.
Company HQ
Fish Island, London, UK
Leadership
Insiya Jafferjee
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Engineer at Apple, Ford and Bose.
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